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Lumen Structures: How to add a joint degree/additional major at the graduate-level (MMAJ or DMAJ)

Instructions on how to fill out proposals for adding additional majors at the graduate-level.

Master's (MS or MA) or doctoral (PhD) programs may be eligible to be offered as part of a joint degree but the associated SIS plan code (the MMAJ or DMAJ) is not created until there is a student who is interested in pursuing a joint degree. At the time a program identifies a student who wishes to pursue their program as a part of a joint degree the department should submit a Lumen Structures proposal to request the creation of the MMAJ or DMAJ plan code for the program. Once created the MMAJ or DMAJ is available for any subsequent student regardless of their original/home degree/major program.

Academic planning help

Joint degrees are reviewed and administratively approved by the Graduate School, and require UAPC approval (a consent agenda item). The code will be added in SIS for the next available term i.e. if approved at the June UAPC, will be effective fall.

Form instructions

Instructions for how to fill out the Lumen Structures form.
Field in the form Action
Request type Select "Add a joint degree/additional major at the Graduate level (MMAJ or DMAJ)"
Home department Select the home department of the program requesting an additional major i.e. Economics selected for an additional major of the Economics PHD.
School/College This defaults to the School/College the department is housed in. This is not editable.
Title Enter: [the major] [MMAJ or DMAJ, depending on which degree is being requested]; e.x.: "Economics DMAJ"
Request details

Include information such as:

  • Which other program is a part of the joint degree/major i.e. If a student wanted a joint degree between Economics PHD and Mathematics PHD, list Mathematics PHD.
  • Additional rationale context.
  • Approval information (School/College, Graduate School, Campus governance).
Upload form Upload the form.
Supporting documents
  • Plans for the joint degree/additional major for the student; excluding personally identifiable information.
  • Other proposal details
  • Governance approval (UAPC memo)

Workflow

  1. Department approver (default)
  2. School/College approver (default)
  3. APIR Admin (default)
  4. Grad School Admdin
  5. UAPC Approver
  6. Registrar


Keywordsadditional major, joint degree, graduate joint degree, graduate additional major, mmaj, dmaj   Doc ID135221
OwnerMelissa S.GroupLumen and Guide
Created2024-02-05 12:41:40Updated2024-07-26 12:43:51
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